Radio 1521

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Radio 1521 (later Heartbeat 1521) was a radio station based in County Armagh, Northern Ireland from 1996 to 1999. The station broadcast from Craigavon and covered much of mid-Ulster.

The station launched in 1996 before being bought by Belfast station Belfast CityBeat in 1998 and rebranded to "Heartbeat 1521".{{cite web | url = http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/commercial/ulster.php | title = From Downtown to out of town | first = Colm | last = O'Rouke | work = Transdiffusion Broadcasting System | year = 2001 | accessdate = 2008-11-13 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081208081108/http://www.transdiffusion.org/rmc/commercial/ulster.php | archivedate = 2008-12-08 }} At the end of 1998, with 9,000 listeners per week, it was one of the two smallest commercial broadcasters in the UK.{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/189169.stm | title = Commercial stations' silver celebrations | work = BBC News | date = 1998-10-08 | accessdate = 2008-11-13 }} The station and its sister station Goldbeat 828 ceased broadcasts on 22 May 1999.{{cite web | url = http://www.radio-now.co.uk/stations_off_air.htm | title = A Guide to stations off the air | date = 2008-04-08 | work = Radio-now.co.uk | publisher = Steven Hooper | accessdate = 2008-11-13 }}